Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1887-11-11
NOTES OF TRIP


many.
VEIN, Oct 25.-I left Leipsig on the 10:11
train and got to Bodenback at 2:45. There
I had % open my travelling bag and bundles
for the custom house officers to look at, and
left there at 3:05, arriving in Prague just be-
fore7. After taking some refreshments I
left for Vein, where arrived at 2:30 in the
morning, having made z47 miles from Leip-
sig. From Prague to Vein 1 had fine seat
as good as if on an observation car. The
scenery we passed was grand and in the
perspective were any number of ruined
ties and chateaux-too numerous to men
ton. I made my headquarters during my
stay here at the Hotel National and during
the day I did a great deal of walking around
the city. saw the Archduke Williams pal
ace, the Palace of Justice, the House of Par
lament, Exchange, the Imperial Theater,
besides going into three churches where SER
vices were going on, st. Peters being one of
them. went through what they call the
Hof Burg. I also visited the treasury and
| saw the crown Jewels of the Austrian impe-
| rial family, and among other things of inter-
| est there were clocks and vases of gold and
silver studded with all kinds of precious jew
| els. Two armed soldiers are constantly on
/ guard TO prOC0CG Inc CASES IQdG COuGdlu LuS
| crown Jewels. l then took walk through
| what they called the Belvedere Park and Wis
| tied the museum, which contains statues,
paintings, guns, and 30 forth.
ON THE DANUBE.
Left Vein at half-past six this morning
| and did not expect to reach Linz, my next
destination, till two the next morning, as the
| river was low and the steamer did not go
very fast. At first the sail was not very in
L xa-a I,,k 10 r,lo Had
/ Spitz it began to be fine, and prettier little
| village than Durnstein 1 don't believe I ever
1 SAW. It is situated directly on the corner of
! an angle of the river. The abbey and the
| church stand out prominently on the front
| of a cliff, and above on the mountain stands
| an old castle in ruins and at the foot of the
| mountains lies the village, and just so all
| along the river there were chateaux, castles,
| abbeys and mountains to be seen, too many
| to stop and describe. Arrived at Linz at two
1 a. m. and took the next train to Salzburg, ar
| irving here at nine a. N and at once starting
| river and walked through a tun-
| mel which goes through noun
tain and is one hundred and fifty yards in
length. Next climbed up mountain call
/ ed Capinzinesberg, which is 2, 1872 feet high,
and had fine view of the city, and in the
| afternoon I visited Mozart's museum, which
Il was very interesting indeed. 1 saw and
| touched the keys of his concert grand piano
/ and also touched his spinet, at which he did
| all of his composing; saw also the pro-
grammes of his first operas, when and where
| they were given for the first time, and some
| of his music in the original manuscript. 1t
was pretty tough-looking music, it being so
| old and yellow. His concert piano is one
hundred and three years old and the spinet
| is one hundred and fifty years old. 1 saw
| also the room and place where his cradle
stood, and the rooms were on the third floor
| in very narrow street. Well, then crossed
| the river and climbed another mountain call
| ed Monchsberg, in Salzburg, and in the dis
lance saw the Reinberg, another mountain,
and couldn't see the top of that AS the clouds
hung over it so, but nevertheless it was fine
| view looking from one mountain to
the other opposite. left here at
9:15 in the morning and arrived in
| Munich at three p. m. and stopped at the
| Bamberger Hotel. And what mostly inter
ested me here was the Instantaneous
where saw the largest and finest pictures
ever saw before. then took walk through
Gasteig Promenade, then through the Eng
lish garden and then into the Pinakothek
Museum. l cannot say have seen all the
sights worth seeing, as my time was too
| brief and had to go to Stranberg Sea.
| took the l p. m train from Munich to
| Stranberg, and, as the train arrived, there
| was boat there waiting for the passengers
| that wanted to take a sail on Stranberger
| Sea and see the place where the King of Ba-
| varia drowned himself a short time ago.
| A cross in the water marks the spot. 1t is
| quite a distance from the castle 1 had q
| lovely sale ON the lake of two hours and q
| half, and the scenery was fine could see the
Alps in the distance) and the color of the WA
| ter was the most beautiful I ever saw. The
steamers that ply on the lake are little beau
ties, and this seems to be favorite place
judging from the number of people that &C
there. I left Munich at $50 a. m
and arrived in Augsburg at 7:30 a. m.
I when had an hour and a quarter to wait
| I devoted the time walking around the city
and as 1 saw nothing particular to mention
| will go on. left Augsburg at 9:45 and ar
| rived in Ulm at 11:30 a. N. and went to see
| the Munster, the second largest church il
/ Germany, which has one of the largest or.
gans. 1 then took the 1890 p. m. train fol-
Stuttgart and arrived there at $40 a. m.
| stopped at the Hotel Dierbanm during my
stay here,) and during the day walked
| through the principal streets and found it
| very pretty city. In the evening 1 attended
a concert given in the Stadtgarden; it is
| beautiful garden all lit up with electric lights
and some people are walking around chat
| ting while the concert is going on and Others
sitting at tables partaking of refreshments Of
all kinds. l then left Stuttgart and arrived
at Carlsruhe at 10:47 p. m. and here had tc
/ wait till 1920 a. N. for the train to Strass.
burg. I couldn't see much of Carlsruhe, il
| being night I arrived there. Arrived Al
| Strassburg at 1920 a. m. and at noon I saw
the wonderful Strassburg clock and was SO
pleased that I went at IL midnight
again. At 2:10 p. m. the next day
took the train to Baden-Baden, and at sta
ton called Cos (where a train from the op
posite direction connects) who should have
the pleasure of seeing but Superintendent
| Fox, but as my time was limited 1 couldn't
stop and converse with them, as I found the
\ train would leave. In Baden Baden at the
| Stad Banen Hotel I again met Mr.. Fox anG
conversed with him and he said Mr.. Lines OF
| st. Paul's church was also one of the party.
You can imagine how pleased was to meet
some of my New Haven friends abroad. Ii
the afternoon went to a concert in the Con
| versation House, where you can meet Ger
| mans, French, Americans and English. It is 6
| very pretty place. I also climbed up
| mountain that is called the Alter Schloss
Hoherbaden and is /, $40 feet high, and sal
in garden at the foot of an old ruined cas-
tie. There I had fine view from here te
Strassburg and the station of Cos. the valley
of the Rhine and the Rhine and the whole OF
| Baden. I left Baden-Baden at As p. m. and
arrived in Carlsruhe at p. M, and had tc
wait there till 9:45. Then took the train to
11:85 and stopped at the Wei
ner Hotel. went up in a cas-
| tie in the morning and next to the Great
Terrace to a concert. Heidelberg is a beauti
/ fully situated place. I purchased view OF
| Heidelberg as seen from the Great Terrace.
I left Heidelberg at 1880 a. m. and arrived in
Schwerzengen at 1871 a. N. and walked
around the palace garden, and then took the
train at 1871 p. m. to Mannheim and arrived
there at pm. I walked around the city
i and saw all could till the train left at 4:21
| p. m. then went to Biebrick and from
Biebrick to Mainz, from Mainz to Coblenz
and there had most delightful sail on the
Rhine. From there took the omnibus to
| Weisbaden. The Rheinstein castle on the
Rhine is one of the prettiest, think. The
end of my sail up the river Rhine was by
moonlight and was a grand sight indeed. In
| Weisbaden attended a fine concert in the
Cursaal and then proceeded to Mainz and
| from Mainz to Frankfort and there visited
the geological garden. At the Palm garden
I attended a concert which began at 4 p. m.
left Frankfort at lilo am. and arrived at
Cassel and took the steam street cars
| to place called Wilhelmhohe
| and there saw a large castle and
a.beautiful garden and waterfalls all up on a
hill IT, was q haa1tif1I siOht r than fooIv